* blood ran cold
* break a leg
* bakers dozen
*a drop in the bucket
*a piece of cake
*apple of my eye
Some of the speech devices that describe mosquito buzzing is an onomatopoeia. These devices describe the sounds made by various objects.
Some examples of figures of speech in "Oedipus the King" include metaphor when Oedipus refers to himself as "the all-unknown invincible Sphinx," simile when Teiresias compares Oedipus to a stone, and personification when the plague is described as a "lord who rides us down to death."
Some of the Victorian era figures of speech are epiphany, bathos, synecdoche, trope,and allusion. The Victorian era had several figures of speech that are still used today. One figure of speech was "fit as a fiddle." Another was " wring their necks."
the wind
the wind
Some examples of pure speech are protests, assemblies, demonstrations, etc.
A figure of speech is a word or phrase that goes beyond its literal meaning. Eight examples of figures of speech include simile, metaphor, hyperbole, alliteration, personification, onomatopoeia, irony, and sarcasm.
apostrophe: addressing something absent or not human as if it were there or could answer back. example: (to a clock) why aren't you moving faster?
Some figures of speech in "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck include simile ("like a sacrificial goat waiting for the knife") and metaphor ("The essence of pearl mixed with essence of men and a curious dark residue was precipitated"). These figures of speech help create vivid imagery and emotional depth in the novel.
here are some examples for plane figures: 1) surface of a table 2) notebook 3)wall 4)ground 5)door
The eight parts of English speech, and examples are:verb: run, isnoun: house, childpronoun: he, sheadjective: small, ball-shaped (modifies a noun or pronoun)adverb: quickly, unfortunately (modifies other figures of speech)preposition: of, withoutconjunction: and, wheninterjection: yikes!, egads!Remember, a part of speech defines how a word is used, not what the word means.
One figure of speech that has been found in Oliver Twistis comparision. In fact, you can find many examples in the book.[WIP]